The Delhi Police Act, 1978
Administered Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs / Department of Internal Security
Section
Section 81 Causing obstruction or mischief by animal.
No person shall cause obstruction, damage, injury, danger, alarm or mischief in any street or public place—
(i) by misbehaviour, negligence or ill-usage in the driving, management, treatment or care of any animal or vehicle; or
(ii) by driving any vehicle or animal laden with timber, poles or other unwieldy articles through a street or public place contrary to any regulation made in that behalf.
(i) by misbehaviour, negligence or ill-usage in the driving, management, treatment or care of any animal or vehicle; or
(ii) by driving any vehicle or animal laden with timber, poles or other unwieldy articles through a street or public place contrary to any regulation made in that behalf.
Section 82 Exposing animal for hire, sale, etc.
No person shall in any street or public place expose for hire or sale any animal or vehicle, clean any furniture or vehicle, or clean or groom any horse or other animal except at such times and places as the competent authority permits, or shall train or break in any horse or other animal or make any vehicle or any part of a vehicle or (except when as a result of any accident repairing on the spot is unavoidable) repair any vehicle or part of a vehicle, or carry on therein any manufacture or operation so as to be a serious impediment to traffic or serious annoyance to residents in the vicinity or to the public.
Section 83 Causing any obstruction in a street.
No person shall cause obstruction in any street or public place—
(a) by allowing any animal or vehicle, which has to be loaded or unloaded, or take up or set down passengers, to remain or stand in the street or the public place longer than may be necessary for such purpose; or
(b) by leaving any vehicle standing or fastening any cattle in the street or the public place; or
(c) by using any part of a street or public place as a halting place for vehicles or cattle; or
(d) by leaving any box, bale, package or other things whatsoever in or upon a street for an unreasonable length of time or contrary to any regulation; or
(e) by exposing anything for sale or setting out anything for sale in or upon any stall, booth, board, cask, basket or in any other way whatsoever.
(a) by allowing any animal or vehicle, which has to be loaded or unloaded, or take up or set down passengers, to remain or stand in the street or the public place longer than may be necessary for such purpose; or
(b) by leaving any vehicle standing or fastening any cattle in the street or the public place; or
(c) by using any part of a street or public place as a halting place for vehicles or cattle; or
(d) by leaving any box, bale, package or other things whatsoever in or upon a street for an unreasonable length of time or contrary to any regulation; or
(e) by exposing anything for sale or setting out anything for sale in or upon any stall, booth, board, cask, basket or in any other way whatsoever.
Section 84 Obstructing a footway.
No person shall drive, ride, load, propel or leave on any footway any animal or vehicle other than a perambulator or fasten any animal in such a way that the animal can stand across or upon such footway.
Section 85 Causing obstruction and annoyance by performances, etc.
No person shall, in contravention of any regulation made by the Commissioner of Police,—
(a) exhibit any mimetic, musical or other performances of such a nature as may attract crowds; or
(b) carry or place bulky advertisements, pictures, figures or emblems in any street or public place,
whereby any obstruction to passengers or annoyance to the residents in the vicinity may be occasioned.
(a) exhibit any mimetic, musical or other performances of such a nature as may attract crowds; or
(b) carry or place bulky advertisements, pictures, figures or emblems in any street or public place,
whereby any obstruction to passengers or annoyance to the residents in the vicinity may be occasioned.
Section 86 Doing offensive acts in or near a street or public place.
No person shall slaughter any animal, clean a carcass or hide, or bathe or wash his person in or near to and within sight of a street or public place, except at a place set apart for the purpose, so as to cause annoyance to the neighbouring residents or to passers-by.
Section 87 Letting loose horse, etc., and suffering ferocious dogs to be at large.
No person shall in any street or public place—
(a) negligently let loose any horse or other animal, so as to cause danger, injury, alarm or annoyance; or
(b) suffer a ferocious dog to be at large without a muzzle; or
(c) set on or urge a dog or other animal to attack, worry or put in fear any person or horse or other animal.
(a) negligently let loose any horse or other animal, so as to cause danger, injury, alarm or annoyance; or
(b) suffer a ferocious dog to be at large without a muzzle; or
(c) set on or urge a dog or other animal to attack, worry or put in fear any person or horse or other animal.
Section 88 Bathing or washing in places not set apart for those purposes.
No person shall bathe or wash in, or by the side of, a public well, tank or reservoir not set apart for such purpose by order of the competent authority, or in, or by the side of, any pond, pool, aqueduct, part of a river, stream, nullah or other source or means of water supply in which such bathing or washing is forbidden by order of the competent authority.
Section 89 Defiling water in public wells, etc.
No person shall defile or cause to be defiled the water in any public well, tank, reservoir, pond, pool, aqueduct or part of a river, stream, nullah or other source or means of water supply, so as to render the same less fit for any purpose for which it is set apart by the order of the competent authority.
Section 90 Obstructing bathers.
No person shall obstruct or incommode a person bathing at a place set apart for the purpose by the order of the competent authority under section 88 by wilful intrusion or by using such place for any purpose for which it is not so set apart.
Section 91 Behaving indecently in public.
No person shall wilfully and indecently expose his person in any street or public place or place of public resort or within sight of, and in such manner as to be seen from, any street or public place or place of public resort, whether from within any house or building or not, or use indecent language or behave indecently or riotously or in a disorderly manner in a street or public place or place of public resort or in any office, police station or station house.
Section 92 Obstructing or annoying passengers in the street.
No person shall wilfully push, press, hustle or obstruct any passenger in a street or public place or by violent movements, menacing gestures, wanton personal annoyance, screaming, shouting, wilfully frightening horses or cattle or otherwise, disturb the public peace or order.
Section 93 Misbehaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace.
No person shall use in any street or public place any threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned.
Section 94 Prohibition against flying kites, etc.
No person shall fly a kite or any other thing so as to cause danger, injury or alarm to persons, animals or property.
Section 95 Committing nuisance in or near street, etc.
No person shall in or near to any street, public place or place of public resort—
(a) commit a nuisance by easing himself; or
(b) having the care or custody of any child under seven years of age, suffer such child to commit a nuisance as aforesaid; or
(c) spit or throw any dust, ashes, refuse or rubbish so as to cause annoyance to any passer-by.
(a) commit a nuisance by easing himself; or
(b) having the care or custody of any child under seven years of age, suffer such child to commit a nuisance as aforesaid; or
(c) spit or throw any dust, ashes, refuse or rubbish so as to cause annoyance to any passer-by.
Section 96 Disregard of notice in public building.
No person shall, in any court, police station, police office or building occupied by Government or building occupied by any local body, smoke, or spit in contravention of a notice, by the competent authority in charge of such place, displayed in such court, police station, police office or building.
Section 97 Penalties for offences under sections 80 to 96.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of sections 80 to 96 (both inclusive) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or, in default of payment of such fine, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding eight days.
Section 98 Penalty for failure to keep in confinement cattle, etc.
(1) Whoever allows any cattle which are his property or in his charge to stray in any street or to trespass upon any public or private property shall on conviction be punished
(a) for the first offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees, or with both; and
(b) for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
(2) The Metropolitan Magistrate trying an offence under sub-section (1) may order
(a) that the accused shall pay such compensation not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees as such Magistrate considers reasonable to any person for any damage proved to have been caused to his property or the produce of his land by the cattle under the control of the accused trespassing on his land; and
(b) that the cattle in respect of which the offence has been committed shall be forfeited to the Government.
(3) Any compensation awarded under sub-section (2) may be recovered as if it were a fine imposed under this section.
(4) It shall be the duty of every police officer and it shall be lawful for any other person to seize and take to any cattle pound for confinement therein any cattle found straying in any street or trespassing upon any private or public property.
(5) Any fine imposed under this section may, without prejudice to any other means of recovery provided by law, be recovered by sale of all or any of the cattle in respect of which the offence was committed, whether they are the property of the person convicted of the offence or were only in his charge when the offence was committed.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the offence punishable under this section shall be cognizable.
(a) for the first offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees, or with both; and
(b) for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
(2) The Metropolitan Magistrate trying an offence under sub-section (1) may order
(a) that the accused shall pay such compensation not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees as such Magistrate considers reasonable to any person for any damage proved to have been caused to his property or the produce of his land by the cattle under the control of the accused trespassing on his land; and
(b) that the cattle in respect of which the offence has been committed shall be forfeited to the Government.
(3) Any compensation awarded under sub-section (2) may be recovered as if it were a fine imposed under this section.
(4) It shall be the duty of every police officer and it shall be lawful for any other person to seize and take to any cattle pound for confinement therein any cattle found straying in any street or trespassing upon any private or public property.
(5) Any fine imposed under this section may, without prejudice to any other means of recovery provided by law, be recovered by sale of all or any of the cattle in respect of which the offence was committed, whether they are the property of the person convicted of the offence or were only in his charge when the offence was committed.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the offence punishable under this section shall be cognizable.
Section 99 Punishment for cruelty to animals.
Whoever in any place cruelly beats, goads, overworks, ill-treats or tortures or causes, or procures to be cruelly beaten, goaded, overworked, ill-treated or tortured, any animal shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
Section 100 Wilful trespass.
Whoever without satisfactory excuse wilfully enters or remains in or upon any dwelling-house or premises or land or ground attached thereto, or on any ground, building, monument or structure belonging to Government or used for public purposes, or on any vehicle, shall, on conviction, whether he causes any actual damage or not, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to seven days or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.